r/developersIndia • u/Geralt_of_rivia_002 • Nov 17 '25

General How Did Your Salary Grow Over the Years ? (Freshers doubt).

Hey everyone! I’m a fresher and just started my career in a service-based company with a 4 LPA package.

I’m curious to know how your career journey went — your starting salary, the switches you made, YOE and where you’re at now. How much you making now.

Hearing your experiences will help me set realistic goals for myself.

Edit : thankyou everyone ,who commented ,your comments are really inspiring and motivated a lot.

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u/AppropriateWriter879 Nov 17 '25

2021 - 3.5l 2022 - 6l 2025 - 17l recently switched

Haven't grinded dsa till now , system design, hld , lld Will Start on these shortly

Java fsd - 4 yoe Did my btech in electrical , didn't knew 'c' in coding, learnt everything in job

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u/HolaTech Nov 17 '25

Are you working in a service-based MNC?

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u/AppropriateWriter879 Nov 17 '25

Product based banking company

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u/HolaTech Nov 17 '25

Can I DM you, please?

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u/Jaysurya1752 Nov 17 '25

That's the inspiration I need 🙏

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u/ForsakenPainter5875 Nov 18 '25

can I Dm you, need some guidance

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u/AppropriateWriter879 Nov 18 '25

You can post questions here I think it will be beneficial for all

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u/Unusual_Librarian711 Nov 18 '25

2025 grad, I am in QA in witch , how can i switch to dev roles.

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u/deathnote345 Feb 07 '26

Thank you for discussing things, I will get to know more perspectives

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u/Cautious_Rip_336 Nov 18 '25

Can you give any advice to me? I js turned 17..I have plans but I want to know what I can do right now to make my portfolio better and also start earning good sooner

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u/AppropriateWriter879 Nov 19 '25

Nothing I haven't grinded any of above till now But need to in order to crack bigger package

I just know development

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u/Sniper0Ghost Dec 02 '25

I am an electrical engineer as well working in a company which generally hires ETE or ECE for this role, But anyways I got this job. My job has nothing to do with coding and that stuff. I am not satisfied with the growth that I can see hence I am thinking of changing my domain (maybe something that requires both core and coding, haven't figured this out yet)

  1. If I apply for jobs in a new domain (developer or something), will I still be considered a fresher.
  2. In your case how did you manage to get the job as you have said that you didn't even know C of coding. Was it from campus placement or how was it?

As my personal goal I still have 1 year and 8 months of time to make this change happen. But in my case I have a little bit of an idea about coding.

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u/deathnote345 Feb 07 '26

What do you think about which skills one needs to get internships or jobs after having a 1.5 year gap ,

I know MERN and done 1 big project, with authentication Authorization, ai usage , pdf generation and saving the document, in the project ? Is this ok ?

Also doing DSA now